Bible Discussion Thread

Will Jesus tell you to depart from him?

"Then said Jesus again unto them,

I go my way, and ye shall seek me,

and shall die in your sins:

whither I go, ye cannot come."

John 7:34

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

John 7:36

What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

John 8:21

Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go [heaven] ye cannot come.

Comment: only one of the thieves at the cross asked Jesus's forgiveness; to whom Jesus said, today you will be with Me in Paradise.

Jesus has prophesied he will tell those who work iniquity to depart from him:

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." Matthew 7:21-23

This appears to agree with Psalm 14:4

"Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD."

It appears there are two distinct groups of human beings:

1. God's People (those being eaten up like bread)

2. The workers of iniquity (those eating God's People up like bread)